Cable-clamp.



renin' Y iesolo-ifi.

tipeeicetionl of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29, i913.

Application filed February 20, 1912. Serial -lo.

To all eeh-om, may concern provided with e screw threeded hole 28 into bent up to form a comparatively Het shank y which a correspondingly threaded screw eye Be it known that l, JOHN EDWARD OGDEN, 29 maybe screwed. This screw eye is adaptn. oitisen of the' United States of America, ed to support u wire 'in the customary manund resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings, ner. l/v 69 f and of New York, l here invented ce'ri s illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4c, the hanger tain new end useful improvements Cable ycomlniises a base member 30 boring its lower Clamps? of which thefollowing is o speciend 32 forwardly inclined. A clamp is areetioin ref ence being hud to theQI/nccoinfrang-ed to cooperate with the base member ponying drawings, 'forming a port thereof. und-comprises a'slieet metal strop, somewhat 65 rllliis invention relates to devices foijhang wider than the loop 30, bent back upon itself ing or supporting electric cables and wires to Vtorni a double flot portion 33:34 adapted along the faces of walls, ceilings, fences or to engage. said base member. The clamp is other Structures. then bentl into a substantially vsemi-circular The object of the invention is to 'provide form 'to ititlie exterior of the cable 2l, and 70 a simple and inexpensive device which has its lower endis formed with an ear 22 which advantages over those which here heretofore is bent int-'o an eyey to surround the lower end been in use. of the base member 3'2. The doubled portions lwill describe my invention in the ollow- 38, 'Se are provided with holes 2.6, 28 for ing specification end point'out the novel receiving screws 27 and screw eyes 29, as 75 vfeatures thereof inthe appended claims. already explained.y V'Ihese forms of cable ln theY accompanying drawing, Figure l clamp are of very simple construction and is e side elevation ot one embodiment oi the have the ledi/anteliges of having their own invention. 2 is a 'rear elevation of the bases and obeing easily set up. This is be' seme. 3 is s. side'elevetion of modiceuse the'eable is naturally held in lthe loop 80 ed form oit the' invention. llig. 4tshowsthe or pocket formed between the two members ,i same device in rear elevation. Fig. 5 is a ot the clamp while itis being set up. sideelevetion of still anotherrmoditied form As illustrated in Fig. 5 the hanger comof the invention. Fig. 6 shows how two el." prises e clamping member formed of a. sheet the clamps like those shown in Fig. 5' with `metal Simp bant; upon itself for a--portion 85 but slight modification, muy be used as a of its length to form `'lat portions 40, 41, ground clamp. and the doubled upperend is 'bent at sub'- Like reference characters indicate correstantially right angles to forni e lateral prosponding parts in. all of the ligures. jection or toe 42 adapted to .'engge the sup- As illustrated in Figs'. 1 end 2 the hanger port upon 'which .the ceble is cerried. The 9@ comprises e sheetnietal base plate 10, huvlower portion of the clampingv member is ing s forwardly inclined lower endlQ pro curved ated" to conform lto the .exterior of vided with e slot le. A clamp is arranged the cable 21. A hole d6 is provided. in' the to coperete with the base plate and coindoubled portion 40.,` 41 lto receive @securing Y. prises e sheet metal strap 16 bent back upon member 47 with which `the hanger is. exed 95 itself for e. portion of itslength, und having to 'a support. This securing member may its doubledl upper end bent at substantially be a `screw assliown in the other two modi- 'riglit angles to vorin' a lateral projection or lient-ionsA described above, or it may be va toe 18 adepted to engage the bese plate l0. screw eye.' ln the .latter instance this mein The strepA 16 is formed with a. substantially ber is adapted to perform the double unc- 10e semi-circuler bend 20 which irs-adapted to 4tion of securing the hanger in place and lit the exterior oit' e cable 2l. .'llie lower of holding e Wire in place; This form is end of the clamp isl formed with an ear 22 extremely simpleand yet is entirely effective which is held in the slot lla-nd bent into an for accomplishing* the result for. which it eye tovsurround a ber 24st the lower edge was designed. 1 T 10.5 'ofthe bese lplete l0 and torni therewith a The. ground cleinp illustrated in Fig2 6 hinge joint.' The upper or doubled portion comprises two .clamp members much like of the clamp is provided with a hole 26 for that shown in Fig. 5 each of which is formed receiving n screw 27' or other'securing means of a piece of strap inetal a part 50 of which whereby tbehenger is secured to a support. is 'bent to tit about the outside oi' a cable, 11o

" The doubled portion of the clainp is also pipe or conduit. The rest. of the inet-.il is parts.

l its other end'lforln-ed for pressing the v'anis o .against 'the surface and space the interme 'l ,-SGf-ciate portion therefrom, and a threaded l51, then in and back upon itself as at 52, 53'

to'form a lateral projection or down over the shank 51 and a curved toe, l and then yfart 50, at; '54 to' reinforce these `wo of these clamp members are'to' be used held together by a bolt- .55, which which an electrical conductor be connected by means of nuts 57.

Thatclaimisu- .-1. A hanger for -supporting a cable against n surface comprising a clamp ,having one end bent to partially'encircle the cable and jecting toe adapted tohspace the intermediate portion from the'surface; and means acting against said intermediate spaced portion bet-Ween said'bent portion andsaid toe to'e against,V the lsurface along aline parallel with the cable and the bent portion against the cable whereby the cable is supported under clamping pressure.

v 2. A hanger for supporti-ng a cable againstl a surface comprising abent body ortion adapted to partially encircle the c le, an inwardly projecting toe vparallel with lthe `the bent portion adapted to 'rest member adapted to draw the aforesaid 'spaced intermediate portion of the hanger toward' the1 surface to thereby press the toe portion of t-he clamp members toward each.

.against saldfsurface with an inwardly pro-1 against the surface with the cable and the 'bent portion" against the cable whereby the cable Ais`supported under clamping pressure.

3. A hanger for suportinga cable against a Wall or similar surface ,comprising a. base member having a portionjadapted 'to lie l andv havin-g its lower end, deflected 4away from said surface.; a separate clamping member 'pivotally attached to said deflected lower endv of the base member, curvedfto partially encircle the cable, and provided with an inwardly extending to' press the ytoe against the base'mem'ber and clampjthe cable in position.;

4. Ahanger for supporting .a cable against' a wall or similar surfacecomprising'a base memberhaving 'al portion adapted Ato lie againstl said surface, a Aseparate clamping member pivotally mounted on said base member, said clamping member being adapt ed to` partially encircle' the cable and havingI an linwardly projecting -toe for engagcable an with said base. member.

JOHNv nnwannj eenen.

lVitnesses Y E. S. Moinus, I. B. Moonn..

along a line parallel toe at. its outer-end andincans' lng the base member, and means to hold rthe .clampinymember 1n engagement with theV 

